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(redirected from Convulsive therapy)

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1,2) This form of convulsive therapy was wide- spread in Europe in the 1930s.
a depolarizing neuromuscular blocking agent used as the chloride salt as an anesthesia adjunct and in convulsive therapy.
Convulsive therapy as a treatment for schizophrenia was introduced by von Meduna and reported in 1934.
 
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